Forget
Stick up
Stick up verb - Defend against attack or criticism.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- One of the Buffy characters actually lampshaded it, but I forget if it was directed at Giles or Wesley...it was a variant of the old 'stick up your butt' joke.
Source: The Finicky One -
Aesop Amnesia: Several examples: Many of the earlier episodes would have at least one character learning to be nicer to Steve (particularly after he would stick up for them or, in the case of Laura, expose a potential boyfriend with an unsavory agenda), then promptly forget it the very next episode.
Source: Series / Family Matters
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